http://travelingringo.com Tales from the road Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-the-long-and-lonely-road-big-bend-texas/ http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-the-long-and-lonely-road-big-bend-texas/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:42 +0000 Travelin' Gringo http://travelingringo.com/?p=5646 Big Bend, TX — For a motorcyclist, the long and lonely road is often anything but. Out here, you’ll find tranquility riding hundreds of miles on scenic and solitary roads. The Big Bend region of southwest Texas is hauntingly beautiful, with majestic mountains, wide open spaces, and long stretches of open road, often with speed ...read more...]]> http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-the-long-and-lonely-road-big-bend-texas/feed/ 0 http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-best-little-breakfast-house-in-texas/ http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-best-little-breakfast-house-in-texas/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:54 +0000 Travelin' Gringo http://travelingringo.com/?p=5630 El Paso, TX — It’s funny how “buzz” works. During my overnight stop in El Paso on a West Texas ride for HOG magazine, several people in town recommended I try “H&H Car Wash” for breakfast. That’s what they said: “car wash,” not “café.” Sounded good to me. Like most bikers, there’s nothing I despise ...read more...]]> http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-best-little-breakfast-house-in-texas/feed/ 0 http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-amigos-on-the-road-terlingua-texas/ http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-amigos-on-the-road-terlingua-texas/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:56 +0000 Travelin' Gringo http://travelingringo.com/?p=5634 Terlingua, TX — This is among my favorite Instagram photos from my West Texas road trip for HOG magazine. I’d pulled up to a gas station in the town of Terlingua – near Big Bend National Park – and spotted the gentleman on the motorcycle. I went up to speak to him, and the other ...read more...]]> http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-amigos-on-the-road-terlingua-texas/feed/ 0 http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-sparkys-in-hatch-nm/ http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-sparkys-in-hatch-nm/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 19:57:11 +0000 Travelin' Gringo http://travelingringo.com/?p=5605 Hatch, NM — If you’ve been folowing me on Twitter (www.twitter.com/travelingringo), you probably know that I’ve recently started using Instagram (www.instagram.com/travelingringo). I’ve discovered that – as with most social media – it’s kind of addictive. Instagram offers the ability to manipulate your basic cellphone pictures, by applying different filters which add or subtract things like ...read more...]]> http://travelingringo.com/2013/05/instagram-of-the-day-sparkys-in-hatch-nm/feed/ 5 http://travelingringo.com/2013/03/video-intergalactic-krewe-of-chewbacchus-parade-mardi-gras-2013/ http://travelingringo.com/2013/03/video-intergalactic-krewe-of-chewbacchus-parade-mardi-gras-2013/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:49:53 +0000 Travelin' Gringo http://travelingringo.com/?p=5588 [New Orleans, LA] — Mardi Gras 2013 may be a blurry memory for some, so here’s a sober look back at one of New Orleans’ funkier parades. The motto of  the Intergalactic Krewe of Chebacchus is “Saving the Galaxy, One Drunken Nerd at a Time.” ‘Nuff said. Enjoy! For more info on the Krewe: http://chewbacchus.org]]> http://travelingringo.com/2013/03/video-intergalactic-krewe-of-chewbacchus-parade-mardi-gras-2013/feed/ 1 http://travelingringo.com/2013/02/video-krewe-of-barkus-mardi-gras-parade-or-here-comes-honey-bow-wow/ http://travelingringo.com/2013/02/video-krewe-of-barkus-mardi-gras-parade-or-here-comes-honey-bow-wow/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:00:37 +0000 Travelin' Gringo http://travelingringo.com/?p=5578 Mystic Krewe of Barkus 2013, Mardi Gras New Orleans from Glen Abbott on Vimeo. [New Orleans, LA] – It was a dog day afternoon recently in New Orleans’ French Quarter, as the Mystic Krewe of Barkus put on their annual Mardi Gras parade. This year’s theme was “Tails & Tiaras: Here Comes Honey Bow Wow.” ...read more...]]> http://travelingringo.com/2013/02/video-krewe-of-barkus-mardi-gras-parade-or-here-comes-honey-bow-wow/feed/ 1 http://travelingringo.com/2013/02/video-king-rat-a-unique-harley-panhead-rat-bike/ http://travelingringo.com/2013/02/video-king-rat-a-unique-harley-panhead-rat-bike/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:00:25 +0000 Travelin' Gringo http://travelingringo.com/?p=5566 King Rat from Glen Abbott on Vimeo. I’ve always been fascinated by Rat Bikes. What to some observers may look like a random collection of junk hanging off an old, falling-apart motorcycle, I see as artistic expression. A true Rat isn’t born overnight. It’s an ever-evolving process that takes years, and is constantly evolving. Every ...read more...]]> http://travelingringo.com/2013/02/video-king-rat-a-unique-harley-panhead-rat-bike/feed/ 0 http://travelingringo.com/2013/02/video-tit-r%c9%99x-the-little-krewe-that-could-marches-in-2013/ http://travelingringo.com/2013/02/video-tit-r%c9%99x-the-little-krewe-that-could-marches-in-2013/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:30:38 +0000 Travelin' Gringo http://travelingringo.com/?p=5557 [New Orleans, LA] — In the grand scheme of Mardi Gras, ‘tit Rəx ranks pretty small. And that’s just the way they want it. Here, smaller is better: the Krewe boasts it’s “New Orleans’ first and only MicroKrewe.” The pint-size procession rolls through the Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods at Carnival time with shoebox-sized, satirically-themed floats and ...read more...]]> http://travelingringo.com/2013/02/video-tit-r%c9%99x-the-little-krewe-that-could-marches-in-2013/feed/ 0 http://travelingringo.com/2013/01/video-krewe-du-vieux-the-adult-mardi-gras-parade-2013/ http://travelingringo.com/2013/01/video-krewe-du-vieux-the-adult-mardi-gras-parade-2013/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:26:06 +0000 Travelin' Gringo http://travelingringo.com/?p=5545 [New Orleans, LA] — It’s Mardi Gras time in the Crescent City, and the parades, they’re a-rollin’. Krewe du Vieux is one of my favorites, a quirky, satirical procession with pronounced “adult themes.” Winding from the Marigny neighborhood and through the French Quarter, marchers and their mule-drawn floats lampoon everything from New Orleans politics to ...read more...]]> http://travelingringo.com/2013/01/video-krewe-du-vieux-the-adult-mardi-gras-parade-2013/feed/ 1 http://travelingringo.com/2012/11/beware-the-mindfield-quirky-outdoor-art-in-brownsville-tennessee/ http://travelingringo.com/2012/11/beware-the-mindfield-quirky-outdoor-art-in-brownsville-tennessee/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:00:08 +0000 Travelin' Gringo http://travelingringo.com/?p=5489 [Brownsville, TN] — The artist calls it The Mindfield, but it’s really more of a mind f*#¢. Sandwiched on a narrow plot of land between a barbershop and an appliance rental store, The Mindfield is a massive outdoor metal sculpture, said to be the largest in Tennessee. Brownsville artist Billy Tripp began the artwork in ...read more...]]> http://travelingringo.com/2012/11/beware-the-mindfield-quirky-outdoor-art-in-brownsville-tennessee/feed/ 4